Burundi vs Tanzania: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)

Burundi
0.1049 per 100 people
in 2023
Tanzania
0.1142 per 100 people
in 2024
Burundi rank
196th
Tanzania rank
195th

Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) over time

  • Burundi
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 0.1142 per 100 people against 0.1049 per 100 people in Burundi, a difference of 0.0093 per 100 people.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Tanzania ahead.

Burundi ranks 196th and Tanzania ranks 195th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Tanzania Difference Ahead
1960s 0.0452 per 100 people 0.0879 per 100 people 0.0428 per 100 people Tanzania
1970s 0.061 per 100 people 0.1271 per 100 people 0.0661 per 100 people Tanzania
1980s 0.0979 per 100 people 0.2318 per 100 people 0.1339 per 100 people Tanzania
1990s 0.2474 per 100 people 0.3216 per 100 people 0.0742 per 100 people Tanzania
2000s 0.3437 per 100 people 0.4097 per 100 people 0.0661 per 100 people Tanzania
2010s 0.2213 per 100 people 0.2839 per 100 people 0.0626 per 100 people Tanzania
2020s 0.1213 per 100 people 0.1194 per 100 people 0.0019 per 100 people Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Burundi or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 0.1142 per 100 people against 0.1049 per 100 people in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Burundi and Tanzania?
0.0093 per 100 people, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Tanzania?
55 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2023.
How do Burundi and Tanzania rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Burundi ranks 196th and Tanzania ranks 195th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.